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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. The author notes in Chapter 2 that by 1800, how many blacks had been transported as slaves to the Americas?
2. Where did the Antinomian Controversy take place?
3. Martin Van Buren served as U.S. President during what years?
4. When did the Antinomian Controversy take place?
5. Where was the Anti-Rent War centralized?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Howard Zinn describe the growth in the number of slaves in the United States between 1790 and 1860 in Chapter 9?
2. How does the author compare and contrast the treatment of women to that of the Native Americans in Chapter 7?
3. How does the author describe Mexico’s land area and status after 1821 in Chapter 8?
4. What did Columbus discover when he returned to his fort at Navidad on his second journey, according to the author in Chapter 1? What did he take with him?
5. How do we know the details of Christopher Columbus’s first encounter with the Arawak people? How does the author describe Columbus’s views of the people in Chapter 1?
6. Why did the English send 1,000 soldiers to Virginia in 1676, according to the author in Chapter 3?
7. How does the author describe the uprisings in Kentucky and other colonies in 1760 in Chapter 4?
8. How does Howard Zinn describe the changes of the Native American population from the 1820s to the 1840s in Chapter 7?
9. How is the Flour Riot of 1837 described in Chapter 10? What was the cause of the riot?
10. How does the author describe the beginning of the American Revolutionary War in Chapter 5? How successful were the Americans in the first battles?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the class struggles of the nineteenth century in the United States. What corporate and government abuses led to the civil unrest in the country and the establishment of organizations to fight corruption? How effective were these organizations in protecting the common people?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the surrounding circumstances of the American Civil War and the battles, casualties, and aftermath of the war. What were the tensions like between the North and South following the Union victory? How was order maintained by the government at this time?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the various factors that led to the American colonial discontent which enabled the American Revolutionary War. How many independent revolts had taken place in the colonies prior to the war? What does the author assert in regards to the motivations of the war? Do you agree or disagree with Zinn’s perspective? Why?
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